The Lord my Master says these things, “These are the borders for dividing the land among the twelve family groups of Israel. Joseph will have two parts.
And now you have two sons. These two sons were born here in the country of Egypt before I came. Your two sons Ephraim and Manasseh will be like my own sons. They will be the same as Reuben and Simeon to me.
My parents had many good things happen to them.
And I, your father,
was blessed even more.
Your brothers left you with nothing.
But now I pile all my blessings on you,
as high as a mountain.”
In those days, the family of Judah will join the family of Israel. They will come together from a land in the north. They will come to the land I gave to their ancestors. {\cf2\super [18]}
Then land was given to the family group of Manasseh. Manasseh was Joseph’s first son. Manasseh’s first son was Makir, the father of Gilead. [61] Makir was a great soldier, so the areas of Gilead and Bashan were given to the Makir family.